Union

Union TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	55 Front Street West
Coordinates	43°38′44.38″N 79°22′49.81″W / 43.6456611°N 79.3805028°W / 43.6456611; -79.3805028Coordinates: 43°38′44.38″N 79°22′49.81″W / 43.6456611°N 79.3805028°W / 43.6456611; -79.3805028
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	509 Harbourfront      510 Spadina      Union Railway Station
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Other information
Opened	30 March 1954
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2007-08)	80,990
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station St. Andrew toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina King toward Finch

TTC Union Station streetcar platform.

Excavation of the Union Station subway station circa 1949

Union Station is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada subway. It is placed at the bottom of the ‘loop’ formed by that line, between the Yonge and University sections, at its southernmost point, and is located at 55 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street, below Front Street and immediately north of Union Station railway station.

Union connects the subway with GO Transit trains and buses, VIA Rail, Ontario Northland Railway, and Amtrak. It serves approximately 80,990 people a day.

The station is also noted as being one of only two stations on the TTC where a signal light is publicly accessible. The signal is located on the east end of the platform. It is an Interlocking Signal that guards the crossover to the northbound Yonge Line and is only used during service disruptions that require trains be turned at Union.

A Presto card reader can be seen at Union station. It is the only one on the entire transit system so far.

History

The station opened as the southern terminus of the original Yonge subway line on March 30, 1954, for the University section of the Yonge-University-Spadina line on February 28, 1963, and on June 22, 1990 for the former Harbourfront LRT.

The underground streetcar loop which opened in 1990 is now served by the 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina routes.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Leaving the station eastbound, the Yonge leg of the line runs briefly under Front Street and turns 90 degrees north to run under Yonge Street; leaving westbound, the University leg also runs under Front Street, and eventually turns 90 degrees north to run under University Avenue.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Union Station, the Royal York Hotel, the Air Canada Centre, Rogers Centre, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the CN Tower, the Royal Bank Plaza, Brookfield Place, the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.

Tenants

• Legacy Sportswear - sells licensed TTC apparel

Surface connections

• 6 Bay (A)
• 65 Parliament (A)
• 72 Pape (B)
• 97 Yonge (B)
• 172 Cherry St.

Plans

The Transit City proposal calls for a new LRT line known as the Waterfront West LRT line, extending the 509 Harbourfront streetcar route from the Exhibition Loop to Long Branch GO Station.

Union’s status as a transport hub has resulted in overcrowding on its narrow centre platform. A plan is in place to add a new platform for Yonge-bound trains, outside the tracks; the current platform will then only need to serve University-bound trains. Preparatory construction for the expansion began in 2006, and site work is expected to begin in 2010. ^[1]

See also

• Union Station (Toronto)
• Toronto Transit Commission

References

External links

• Official TTC page for Union Station

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